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They want to subpoena and get their hands on those notes on other conversations. michael, what are you saying about that? >> there is one conversation that happened at a dinner after the formal meeting, in which there were interpreters and notetakers. in hamburg, at the g8 in 2017, the democrats time to spend some scandal pair that is the purpose of those dinners, to get foreign leaders into a big room and letm mingle. there are interpreters there, there is no way the president could talk to vladimir putin without a interpreter because he doesn't speak russian and via mayor putin doesn't speak...

The senate intelligence committee. senator, to you have concerns about this latest news about the president having yet another substantive conversation with vladimir putin without note takers, without with american translator? >> i heard about that reporting and i'm interested. today in our public hearing senator widen raised the issue of did the intelligence community get a full readout of the helsinki meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. i think it's importedant some senior official get those readouts from the meetings. >> do you have concerns the president is compromised by r...

That in a closed session. >> democratic senator of virginia is the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee. senator, to you have concerns about this latest news about the president having yet another substantive conversation with vladimir putin without note takers, without with american translator? >> i heard about that reporting and i'm interested. today in our public hearing senator widen raised the issue of did the intelligence community get a full readout of the helsinki meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. i think it's importedant some senior official get those read...

Inside these meetings to keep the official record of what happened? >> yes. that's been my experience. and that's something that does not fall normally on the interpreter's shoulders. the interpreter is there to facilitate communication between the languages being used in the meeting. >> so all of this is background to the big money questions that i think the american people and the democrats would like to know here. the fact is in these meetings between president trump and vladimir putin, most of them, there were no additional people. there were no note-takers. it was just the interpreters. s...

Notes. he confiscated the interpreter notes when the interpreter was the only other person in the room. you were white house counsel. do you think it would be appropriate for congress to seek those notes or seek to hear from the interpreter -- there are two in the case -- themselves. >> we need to find out what transpired in those conversations. obviously they are very serious separation of powers considerations from my perspective. we also worry if that sets a dangerous precedent with respect to future presidents having conversations either with or without note-takers. i have less concerns ab...